Corporate Associate

Osborne Clarke LLP; Greater London; Hybride; GBP 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Osborne Clarke in London is seeking an Associate to join its highly regarded Corporate team. You will work on high value national and international M&A and private equity transactions, gaining exposure to a broad range of matters and clients.

The role offers a collaborative environment, with a focus on developing expertise and handling significant deals across diverse sectors on a global stage.

Qualifications

• Experience advising on M&A matters.
• Private Equity experience is desirable.

Responsabilités

• Advise on high value national and international M&A transactions.
• Work on private equity deals and strategic investments.
• Collaborate with senior lawyers to deliver client-focused solutions.

Connaissances

M&A experience

Private Equity

Description du poste

Role profile

".. seasoned industry experts, with a significant depth and breadth of experience." - Chambers & Partners

We are looking for an Associate to join our highly regarded Corporate team in London. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a well-respected team, known for having an entrepreneurial outlook and approach, and work on high value and strategically important projects both nationally and internationally.

The practice

Our Corporate practice is well known for having depth and strength across the team in public and private M&A work, including Private Equity and Venture Capital, both domestically and internationally. The team have seen another year of significant growth in both mid-market and high-end domestic and international transactions.

We have a strong sector focus in various spheres, with technology, media and telecommunications widely considered the firm's historic bedrock and a Tier 1 ranked specialty. Along with TMT, our other key sector-focuses include Energy & Energy Transition and Life Sciences & Healthcare. These focuses enable us to understand the markets our clients operate in and the issues they are facing.

The work

Recent transactions led from the London office include advising:

• Global healthcare leader Grifols on its €1.1 billion acquisition of Tiancheng Pharmaceutical Holdings A.G.
• Leading digital agency the Jellyfish Group and its shareholders on its innovative £500 million combination with the French group, Fimalac, together with a number of subsequent acquisitions in the UK, Australia, Brazil and Mexico, and the subsequent sale of the group to Brandtech.
• Marshall Motor Holdings plc, one of the UK's leading automotive retail groups, on the £325 million recommended offer by CAG Vega 2 Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Constellation Automotive Holdings Limited.
• Advising the management shareholders of Southern Communications on its management buyout backed by Ares Management, the leading global provider of debt and equity finance.
• Advising Alcuin Capital Partners on its strategic investments in Connect2Law Limited (trading under the Muve and Nova brands), a UK tech-enabled conveyancing firm, and boutique private prosecution practice Edmonds Marshall McMahon.
• Advising Queen's Park Equity on a strategic investment and partnership with specialist legal services provider Canford Law, followed by advising Canford Law on its bolt-on acquisition of PDC Law.
• Advising Northcote Equity on its investment in AmplifyME, to back its pioneering simulation assessments for financial market.
• Advising FPE Capital on its growth investment into BMA, a Leeds-based decision intelligence software and services platform for utility companies and infrastructure operators.
• The Trinity’s shareholders on the sale of Trinity Property Group to Fidelio Capital, a Swedish private equity firm. Trinity is one of the UK's leading property management companies, managing over 95,000 homes in England and Wales and has agreements in place for an additional 55,000 homes.
• Shareholders of EnergyDeck Limited (trading as Fabriq), a leading ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) SaaS solution provider to the real estate sector during its sale to French competitor Deepki SAS.
• The selling shareholders of The Research Partnership Limited, a leading market insights platform to the life sciences industry, on the company’s sale to Ashfield Huntsworth.

The team

The UK team is led by Alistair Francis, Partner, and also comprises of 19 further Partners, 12 Associate Directors, 9 Senior Associate, 12 Associates, 2 Trainee Solicitors, 2 Solicitor Apprentices and 1 Paralegal. The team also works closely with the Corporate teams in Osborne Clarke LLP's Bristol and Thames Valley offices, meaning that the department is made up of over 100 lawyers overall.

Technical skills and experience

You will have a keen interest in providing high quality service and will have previous experience advising on M&A matters, as well as (ideally) Private Equity. As a guide, due to the nature of the work and the structure of the team, we are looking to appoint an Associate, although we will consider candidates with more or less experience.

Your career development

Like all our lawyers, you will benefit from our multi-award winning career development programme. At each stage of your career this provides you with:

• clear expectations of your role and what it takes to progress;
• high quality clients and work, with early responsibility and client exposure;
• thorough assessment and individual feedback from a range of experienced colleagues;
• robust technical training with early skills based development, increasingly tailored to you; and
• reward for your contribution, progression and potential, rather than PQE or tenure.

Salary and benefits

We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits.

Please note we review and progress applications on a rolling basis. At Osborne Clarke we do not make any recruitment decisions using automated decision-making.

We are committed to providing an environment where you can perform to the best of your abilities at every stage of your recruitment experience and beyond. If you require any adjustments to be made during the application stage, interview process, or when working with us, please let us know in confidence.

About Us

Osborne Clarke is an international legal practice with over 330 Partners and more than 1,260 talented lawyers in 26 locations*. Our sector-based approach enables us to help our clients tackle the issues they are facing today, and prepare for the ones that they will face tomorrow. Advising them both comprehensively and commercially. We love working closely with our clients on new deals, products and solutions which will transform their businesses, markets and even sectors. And our unique approachable culture is not an added extra, it's fundamental to our success.

AtOsborne Clarkewe value difference and encourage applicants from all backgrounds. We want everyone to feel that OC is a place where you can be yourself and belong, and our range of interest groups and diversity networks - not to mention our great teams - are a part of making that a reality. We value the health and wellbeing of our people and our wide range of initiatives and benefits support this.

*Services in India are provided by a relationship firm